GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina called for an investigation of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s management of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations Sunday, accusing Democrats of handling her accusations so as to inflict maximum damage on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Graham’s comments are significant as he may become chair of the Judiciary Committee in January, should Republicans retain control of the Senate.

“The FBI will do a supplemental background investigation, then I’m going to call for an investigation of what happened in this committee,” Graham told George Stephanopoulos on ABC News. “Who betrayed Dr. Ford’s trust? Who in Feinstein’s office recommended Katz as a lawyer? Why did Ms. Ford not know that the committee was willing to go to California?”

“We’re going to do a wholesale, full-scale investigation of what I think was a despicable process to deter it from happening again,” he added.

During Thursday’s hearing. Dr. Blasey Ford testified that she did not consent to the release of a letter conveying her allegations which was in the possession of her congresswoman, Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo, and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, raising the prospect that committee Democrats leaked it to the press in some capacity. Blasey Ford herself was in contact with a Washington Post reporter, though other outlets reported on the letter’s existence before a definitive account of the allegations appeared in WaPo on Sept. 16.

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